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house speaker john boehner put off a vote on a $60 billion age package for victims of superstorm sandy. >> it's why the american people hate congress. it's why they hate them. >> reporter: some of boehner's fellow republicans, especially those from the state affected by the storm deserves better. >> they deserve better. >> reporter: boehner scrambled to repair the damage. he promised a house vote on a $9 billion package on friday and the remain 5g $1 billion on january 15th. that was enough for some. >> this procedure that's laid out is fully acceptable and fully satisfactory. this will give us the full $60 billion. >> reporter: superstorm sandy nearly knocked the house in breezy point, new york, off its foundation and most who live here are still not back in their homes. >> this is people's lives. this is not a political football. >> reporter: joseph izzizzo's h was damaged by the storm. he calls congress's response disgraceful. >> how can you not act on this when you think about irene and how quickly they reacted. why now this political turmoil? >> reporter: izzo says he homes congre
house speaker john boehner put off a vote on a $60 billion age package for victims of superstorm sandy. >> it's why the american people hate congress. it's why they hate them. >> reporter: some of boehner's fellow republicans, especially those from the state affected by the storm deserves better. >> they deserve better. >> reporter: boehner scrambled to repair the damage. he promised a house vote on a $9 billion package on friday and the remain 5g $1 billion on january...
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and nine weeks after superstorm sandy, people are still suffering. when the cbs evening news continues. >> happy holidays from kabul, afghanistan, i'm p. f. c. jones from charleston, south carolina, happy new year to my family and friend back home, tops my wife and daughter in germany. i miss you, love you and will see you soon.it comes we understand. milies fa, at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared specifically to current and former military members and their families. [ laughs ] dad! dad! [ applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] life brings obstacles. usaa brings advice. call or visit us online. we're ready to help. but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden
and nine weeks after superstorm sandy, people are still suffering. when the cbs evening news continues. >> happy holidays from kabul, afghanistan, i'm p. f. c. jones from charleston, south carolina, happy new year to my family and friend back home, tops my wife and daughter in germany. i miss you, love you and will see you soon.it comes we understand. milies fa, at usaa, we know military life is different. we've been there. that's why every bit of financial advice we offer is geared...
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robert, you heard that piece. 67 days since superstorm sandy hit and it seems the storm's victims are the latest casualty of the fiscal cliff fight. does the president bare any responsibility for a broken washington? >> well, look. i think what the president has challenged members of both parties to do is make sure our politics fix the moment and the size of the problems that we have. certainly he has worked tirelessly to bring democrats and republicans together to try to solve some of these problems and i think you have seen and others have seen time after time it's hard to bring speaker boehner to the table. >> robert, there's an old phrase that someone wise always says. don't confuse effort with accomplishment. >> that's probably -- that should be the motto of washington. but, look. in this piece, we have averted tax rates going up on the middle class right now, which i think is a huge victory for the country. the question is, again, we have this mini -- government by mini crisis, and the question is how are we going to meet that moment in the next two months? how are we going to m
robert, you heard that piece. 67 days since superstorm sandy hit and it seems the storm's victims are the latest casualty of the fiscal cliff fight. does the president bare any responsibility for a broken washington? >> well, look. i think what the president has challenged members of both parties to do is make sure our politics fix the moment and the size of the problems that we have. certainly he has worked tirelessly to bring democrats and republicans together to try to solve some of...
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. >> the first major vote will come friday when the house takes up part of the superstorm sandy relief package. also today the house voted to retain john boehner as speaker of the house. >>> critics call grover norquist the single biggest impediment to a budget deal. you might think he'd be lying low as some of his allies passed a $666 billion tax increase, but bruce leshan reports norquist is keeping anything but quiet. >> no. i'm disappointed that we weren't able to continue all of the 2001, 2003 tax cuts. >> reporter: grover norquist's days are filled with media interviews and he's putting his best spin on the first republican vote to raise taxes in 22 years. >> they were scheduled to go higher if congress hadn't acted. they were scheduled to go higher on everybody. >> reporter: 238 members of the house and 41 senators have signed norquist's pledge never to raise tax rates on anyone and he insists the new year's day vote did not break that promise. >> so on december 31st they would have broken the pledge. at the stroke of midnight they're no longer breaking the pledge. >> no. there
. >> the first major vote will come friday when the house takes up part of the superstorm sandy relief package. also today the house voted to retain john boehner as speaker of the house. >>> critics call grover norquist the single biggest impediment to a budget deal. you might think he'd be lying low as some of his allies passed a $666 billion tax increase, but bruce leshan reports norquist is keeping anything but quiet. >> no. i'm disappointed that we weren't able to...
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sandy. new york republican peter king said the decision was indefensible. maryland democrat steny hoyer said he was deeply disappointed. last friday the senate approved a $60.4 billion sandy relief meetings. the house appropriations committee drafted a smaller bill. a vote by the full house hasn't been expected before the body recessed. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is still in a new york hospital getting treated for that blood clot. doctors found the clot in a vein behind her right ear. the 65-year-old clinton did not suffer any stroke or brain damage. she's expected to make a full recovery. doctors familiar with this type of clot say it is unlikely that it developed as a side effect of her recent concussion when she fell at her home. secretary clinton was also treated for a blood clot back in the 1990's when she was first lady. that one was in her leg. >>> you may kiss your spouse. that's the phrase that will be used more and more in maryland now, now that same-sex marriage is leg
sandy. new york republican peter king said the decision was indefensible. maryland democrat steny hoyer said he was deeply disappointed. last friday the senate approved a $60.4 billion sandy relief meetings. the house appropriations committee drafted a smaller bill. a vote by the full house hasn't been expected before the body recessed. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is still in a new york hospital getting treated for that blood clot. doctors found the clot in a vein behind her...
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sandy. he originally chose not to vote on the bill because he was upset on how the fiscal cliffs were going. it caused a firestorm. critics on both sides of the oil said house republicans made sandy victims political pawns. among the most upset, republican new jersey governor chris newkumetty. -- chris christie. >> disaster relief was something you didn't play games with. but now in this current atmosphere, everything is the subject of unup mansship. everything is a possibility, a potential piece of bait for the political game. it's just -- it is why the american people hate congress. it's why they hate it. governor cuomo and i are as frustrated as two people can be. unlike people in congress, we have actual responsibilities. we have a responsibility to make things happen. there is no reason for me at the moment to believe anything they tell me. because they've been telling me stuff for weeks and they didn't deliver. >> the house is going to debate a second sandy relief bill. that is estimat
sandy. he originally chose not to vote on the bill because he was upset on how the fiscal cliffs were going. it caused a firestorm. critics on both sides of the oil said house republicans made sandy victims political pawns. among the most upset, republican new jersey governor chris newkumetty. -- chris christie. >> disaster relief was something you didn't play games with. but now in this current atmosphere, everything is the subject of unup mansship. everything is a possibility, a...
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in the next couple of weeks, two votes are scheduled for relief of the victims of superstorm sandy. those eight packages total about $60 billion. the new lawmakers must also dee deal with sequestration -- must also deal with sequestration and the debt ceiling. >> they tell me this is the least productive congress in the history of the nation. if it's not, i would hate to be in the one that was. >> we all have ideas our districts have sent us. where are the bathrooms? >> incoming illinois representative tammy duckworth is nearly 100 women on capitol hill. there are also 33 hispanics taking office and for the first time white men will make up the my majority in the house democratic caucus. >>> justin wolfe was sent to death row a decade ago after being convicted in the murder of his marijuana supplier. now after having that conviction overturned, the northern virginia man is expected to walk free later today. 9news reporter delia goncalves is in our satellite center with more. delia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, andrea. it all comes down to the prosecution's star witness w
in the next couple of weeks, two votes are scheduled for relief of the victims of superstorm sandy. those eight packages total about $60 billion. the new lawmakers must also dee deal with sequestration -- must also deal with sequestration and the debt ceiling. >> they tell me this is the least productive congress in the history of the nation. if it's not, i would hate to be in the one that was. >> we all have ideas our districts have sent us. where are the bathrooms? >>...
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sandy. there's the leftovers from the fiscal cliff debate. the new congress will have to deal with the spending cuts that were tabled when the fiscal cliff bill was voted on earlier this week. and congress will also have to authorize a bump in the debt ceiling or else the country will default on its loans for the first time in u.s. history. virginia's newest u.s. senator tim kaine along with maryland congress-elect john delaney are among those to be sworn in today. >>> president obama has signed into law the bill to avert the fiscal cliff. the house of representatives passed the bill late tuesday night after the senate approved it. the president is in hawaii vacationing with his family, but a senior administration official says a copy of the bill was sent to the president for him to review and he signed it using the auto pen. the auto pen is more commonly used to sign christmas cards but the 2011 extension of the patriot act marked the first time the obama administration ever used the unique
sandy. there's the leftovers from the fiscal cliff debate. the new congress will have to deal with the spending cuts that were tabled when the fiscal cliff bill was voted on earlier this week. and congress will also have to authorize a bump in the debt ceiling or else the country will default on its loans for the first time in u.s. history. virginia's newest u.s. senator tim kaine along with maryland congress-elect john delaney are among those to be sworn in today. >>> president obama...
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more than $2 billion in federal funds has been spend on superstorm relief efforts. >>> and hundreds of thousands of minimum wage workers are seeing a bump in their paycheck. on tuesday, ten states raised & their minimum wage levels. the adjusts were automatic in nine of those states resulting in an average minimum wage of $8.12 an hour. washington state has the largest increase at $9.19 an hour. terrell, it's also good to see them getting an increase. >> i was about to say. giving us a bit ol' good news for a change. ashley morrisison here in new y. >>> hillary clinton is still being treated for a blot clot in her head. the clot was discovered during a follow hup exam for a concussion. she's being treated for blood thinners and is expected to make a full recovery. >>> overseas palestinians were wounded. the clashes started when und undercover israeli soldiers entered the town. when we come back on the "morning news" on a wednesday, spill fears. stormy seas and a grounded rig risking a disastrous leak of thousands of gallons of fuel. this is the "morning news." i feel so alone. but you'
more than $2 billion in federal funds has been spend on superstorm relief efforts. >>> and hundreds of thousands of minimum wage workers are seeing a bump in their paycheck. on tuesday, ten states raised & their minimum wage levels. the adjusts were automatic in nine of those states resulting in an average minimum wage of $8.12 an hour. washington state has the largest increase at $9.19 an hour. terrell, it's also good to see them getting an increase. >> i was about to say....